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- Page 1 Magnetic Reflector Compass Binnacle REFLECTA/1 Operation - Installation Cassens & Plath GmbH Manufacturers of Nautical Equipment Am Lunedeich 131 D-27572 Bremerhaven, Germany Tel. +49 471 4839990 Fax. +49 471 48399910 sales@cassens-plath.de www.cassens-plath.de...
- Page 2 ATTENTION ! The heeling magnet (see below picture) must be lowered from most upper position (only for save transportation) to lowest position for operation ! Screw to fix/loosen the chain Heeling magnet Chain to lower/lift heeling magnet Access ...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
REFLECTA/1 Introduction, General Page A2 Mounting & Operations Manual Introduction, General Compass Binnacle, Outline ........................A3 Intended Purpose ..........................A4 Technical Data ............................A4 Range of Delivery ..........................A5 Approvals ............................... A5 Operation How to Read the Heading ........................B1 Adjustment of Mirror Head ........................ -
Page 4: Compass Binnacle, Outline
REFLECTA/1 Introduction, General Page A3 Mounting & Operations Manual Compass Binnacle, Outline As to be seen from ahead as to be seen from astern alternative Hood (turn and remove) Compass D-Sphere and brackets Cover of heeling magnets & illumination Flinder´s bar (Option) -
Page 5: Intended Purpose
REFLECTA/1 Introduction, General Page A4 Mounting & Operations Manual Intended Purpose Apart from the gyro compass seagoing ships have to be equipped with a second heading source, the magnetic compass. Furthermore the magnetic compass works more and more as back-up to drive the autopilot. -
Page 6: Range Of Delivery
Instruction are included separately as required. Approvals REFLECTA/1 is type approved by all leading maritime authorities as A-class compass for worldwide use. The most important approvals are: MED – European Community, DNV GL SE – Germanischer Lloyd, USCG – US Coast Gard, CCS –... -
Page 7: Operation
REFLECTA/1 Operation Page B1 Mounting & Operations Manual Operation How to Read the Heading It should be possible to read the heading clearly from a distance of 1.4 m from the mirror head in the wheelhouse at the helmsman´s position. The image has to be centric to the field of view. The figures are upright and on both sides of the lubber mark an area of minimum 15°... -
Page 8: Direct Reading Of Heading On The Compass Bridge
REFLECTA/1 Operation Page B2 Mounting & Operations Manual Direct Reading of Heading on the Compass Bridge Remove the hood. Read the heading at the ahead lubber mark of the compass. The second, aft orientated, lubber mark is for officer´s inspection. Add 180° correction to get the ship´s heading. -
Page 9: Shadow Pin
REFLECTA/1 Operation Page B3 Mounting & Operations Manual Maintenance: The turning joints of both sight-vanes and of the black mirror as well as the centre hole should be oiled from time to time. Clean and tighten the wire of the wire sight-vane. The azimuth device should be easy to rotate on the centre pivot and should not clatter when turned. -
Page 10: Compass Adjustment
REFLECTA/1 Compass Adjustment Page C1 Mounting & Operations Manual Adjustment of Compass General Compass adjustment is necessary to neutralize the deflecting magnetic fields caused by the ship´s steel hull or superstructure. The first adjustment has to be made on maiden voyage. Later, it should be repeated periodically according to the requirements of the maritime authority (for ships flying the German flag: two years). -
Page 11: Heeling Correction
REFLECTA/1 Compass Adjustment Page C2 Mounting & Operations Manual Heeling Correction At delivery the heeling magnet is to be found within the heeling guidance tube. The heeling corrector is to neutralize the ship´s permanent vertical field. Remove the compass from the binnacle and inside the chain to lift up and lower the heeling magnet will be visible (See the following picture). - Page 12 Compass Adjustment REFLECTA/1 Page C3 Mounting & Operations Manual E-Correctors (Extra) If ordered there are a two intercardinal brackets for E-spheres visible at the binnacle column, same as the D-spheres/.brackets but moved by 45°, so in total 4. The E-spheres re same as D-spheres and separate packed.
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Page 13: Flinder´s Bar
REFLECTA/1 Compass Adjustment Page C4 Mounting & Operations Manual Flinder´s bar (Extra) If ordered four cylinders (305 mm, 152 mm, 76 mm, 38 mm length, all 78 mm∅) are seprate included to delivery. The Flinder´s tube is fixed to the binnacle column and in it there are four wooden spacers (280 mm, 140 mm, 70 mm, 35 mm). - Page 14 REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D1 Mounting & Operations Manual Content Maintenance ..........................D1 Lubrication of Compass Suspensions................D1 Compass Routine Service....................D1 Replacing Bulbs ....................... D1 Cleaning of Reflection Optics................... D2 Errors, Diagnosis and Help......................D3 Visible Compass Errors....................D3 Indication Errors .......................
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Page 15: Cleaning Of Reflection Optics
REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D2 Mounting & Operations Manual Cleaning of Reflection Optics Use only a soft and non scatching cloth. Not in every case all below mentioned positions are equipped with lenses. Details for cleaning of lenses and mirrors inside the horzontal by-pass channel can be found in the relevant instructions attached separtely. -
Page 16: Errors, Diagnosis And Help
REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D3 Mounting & Operations Manual Errors, Diagnosis and Help Visible Compass Errors • Bubbles in the fluid, broken cover glass, buckled compass bowl, tilted compass bowl, loose in suspension, dirty or cloudy fluid or similar. -
Page 17: Friction Error And Swirl Error Test
REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D4 Mounting & Operations Manual Possible other reason: The orientating earth´s horizontal field at the place of the magnetic compass is too weak. This may be caused by wrong adjustment or an insufficient compass safe distance to magnetic iron or instruments. -
Page 18: Workshop Repair Of Compass
REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D5 Mounting & Operations Manual Workshop Repair of Compass Compass repair should be carried out by qualified compass workshops only to grant safe navigation! Spare Parts (In case of order please quote part description and also type of compass -here reflector compass Type 11-) - Page 19 REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D6 Mounting & Operations Manual 5-Years-Spare-Parts-Outfit A box containing the most essential spare parts is availale as an extra (Order No. 10651). Included are: 1. One cover glass/bottom glass 2. Two rubber gaskets 3. Two filling screw gaskets 4.
- Page 20 REFLECTA/1 Maintenance, Errors, Repair Page D7 Mounting & Operations Manual Replacement of the Bottom Glass 1. Place the compass upside down on a horizontal, plane and solid surface. Caution: do not lay down the compass on its protruding centre pivot! Use a plate (e.g. cardboard) of approximate 10 mm thickness as suporting surface with hole for the centre pivot.
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Page 21: Installation
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E1 Mounting & Operations Manual Installation - Content Procedure, Overview ..........................E1 Range of Delivery ..........................E1 Location of Compass Binnacle, Magnetic Point Requirements ............E2 Location of Compass Binnacle, Constructional Requirements ............. E3 Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube), Requirements for Installation..........E4 Compass Foundation, Cut-outs and Drillings.................. -
Page 22: Location Of Binnacle, Magnetic Requirements
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E2 Mounting & Operations Manual Location of Binnacle, Magnetic Requirements The location of a magnetic compass binnacle is subject to the approval of the maritime authority of the vessel´s flag nation. This is for German flagged vessels the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). Address: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Bernhard-Nocht-Str. -
Page 23: Location Of Binnacle, Constructional Requirements
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E3 Mounting & Operations Manual 2. The necessary safe distance to the different navigational instruments were individually determined by the maritime authorities. This is marked on the instrument. If the instrument was not tested individually then general distances have to be followed which are higher. In Germany the BSH will inform about these distances. -
Page 24: Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube), Requirements For Installation
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E4 Mounting & Operations Manual Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube), Requirements for Installation 1. The distance between helmsmen´s eyes and mirror head should not exceed 1 m ... 1.2 m. 2. To get a picture with upright figures as required by the maritime authorities the location of the mirror head should be in ship´s ahead direction of the helmsman´s position. -
Page 25: Compass Foundation, Cut-Outs And Drillings
Installation REFLECTA/1 Page E5 Mounting & Operations Manual Compass Foundation, Cut-outs and Drillings Install compass foundation as shown below if required. The following openings should be cut before starting to install the reflection tube and compass binnacle: 1. for the reflection tube 2. -
Page 26: Installation Of The Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube)
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E6 Mounting & Operations Manual Installation of Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube) The reflection tube must be installed before installation of compass binnacle. 183∅ 183∅ flange 140∅ 140∅ gasket wooden deck metal deck 150∅ 150∅ flange, yard supply 8xM6 140∅... - Page 27 REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E7 Mounting & Operations Manual Installation of Optical Arrangement (Reflection Tube) 1) Unscrew radial clamp screw 2) Remove mounting flange and rubber gasket 3) Slide in the tube from below -from the wheelhouse- and leave an excess of 70 mm min.
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Page 28: Installation Of Compass Binnacle
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E8 Mounting & Operations Manual Installation of Compass Binnacle The reflection tube should be installed already. Holes to fix the binnacle column should be drilled to the platform and cables for illumination and detectors should be visible in a length of about 60 cm above platform level. -
Page 29: Illumination
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E9 Mounting & Operations Manual Illumination Optional supply voltages are 220-240 VAC, 115 VAC or 24 VDC, all 40 VA. Choice is made with order. If the wrong voltage was delivered just replace the illumination bulb by the right one. In case of longer reflection tubes or by-passes one may use 60 VA bulbs. -
Page 30: Wiring
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E10 Mounting & Operations Manual Wiring Junction box for light & detector at bottom of binnacle column Inside of the Binnacle Hot! Hot! Main Supply Emergency Supply Dimmers: 1,5 kOhm for 230 VAC 680 Ohm for 115 VAC... -
Page 31: Setting Into Operation, Function Tests & Preparing Of Adjustment
REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E11 Mounting & Operations Manual Setting into Operation, Functional Tests & Preparing of Adjustment 1. Cleaning of Reflection Optics Use only a soft and non scatching cloth. Not in every case all below mentioned positions are equipped with lenses. - Page 32 REFLECTA/1 Installation Page E12 Mounting & Operations Manual 2. Put the Compass into its suspension. Before remove the suspension cover plates. Compass ahead is marked by “Ahead“ or the “180“ marking of the divided verge ring. Carefully fix the suspension covers again after inserting the compass.
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